How do you develop a Shared Understanding on an Agile project?

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How doyou develop a

Shared Understanding

on an Agile project?

Exploring common approaches and their

adaptations from real!world projects

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Having a shared understanding of customer requirements is

central to all aspects of Agile project development. User storiesplay a big part in cultivating a shared understanding.

Thus getting your stories right is important.

story (n)

A story is a concise description of a customers requirement on a card, used as a unit of

work on an Agile project that can be tracked. It serves as a placeholder for a

collaborative conversation between the customer and the team. Its completeness is

veri!ed by con!rmation with the customers criteria.

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So...how do you writethe perfect story?

There is nosuch way.That being said, let's explore some common

ways of thinking about stories and how you

can use those to create stories that best suit

your team.

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The INVEST guideline for story writingINVEST in a

good story

Independent

Negotiable

ValuableEstimable

Small

Testable


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Independent

Negotiable

ValuableEstimable

Small

Testable

Do not overlap your stories in concept.

When sequencing the stories, try to !nd their natural order.

The order of stories should not restrict your customers ability to r

prioritize or move stories out of scope.

PaybyMasterCard

Pay by Visa

Pay by AmEx

Pay by Credit Card

INVEST in a

good story


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Independent

Negotiable

ValuableEstimable

Small

Testable

Stories are negotiable...and negotiated.

Remember, your story is the essence of the requirement

and not an explicit contract.

Sign o"stories with working software.

Avoid signing o"written stories before they are played, as it

creates contractual documents that shift the focus to

documentation.

Asapurchaser,Iwantthere

ceipttoindicatewhenI

completedthepurchase,so

thatIcanmaintainmy

records.

Asapurchaser,IwantthereceipttodisplaythedateofmypurchaseinISO8601formatComicSans12ptfontwith9ptleading,sothatIcanmaintainmyrecords.

INVEST in a

good story


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Independent

Negotiable

ValuableEstimable

Small

Testable

Your stories need to be valuable to and understandable by

your customer.

They need to be framed from your customers perspective.

If it is di#cult to write the "so that.... part easily, you mightwant to consider the storys value and purpose.

Avoid layer-based development. Instead choose vertical slicesof functionality.

Technical debt are not user stories.

Asadeveloper/DBA,IwantanewtableintheOrdersDBtocaptureshippinginformation,sothat???

Asacustomer,Iwantt

obeabletospecifym

ypreferred

shippingdetails,soth

atIcanshiptoanad

dressother

thanmybillingaddre

ss

INVEST in a

good story


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Independent

Negotiable

ValuableEstimable

Small

Testable

Your stories should have boundaries so you know whenyou are done and what is required to be done.

Your stories should bedigestibleby the team so they can

sizethem.

Keep your stories understandable and of consistent

granularity.

Spike stories that your team has di$

culty understanding.

Avoid catch-all stories with uncertain estimates.

Dont get bogged with precision and detail.

Asagoodworldcitizen,Iwantworldpeace,sothatwecanallliveinharmony.

Asamoviegoer,Iwa

nttobeabletopayb

yPaypal,so

thatIdonthavetous

emycreditcard.

INVEST in a

good story


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Independent

Negotiable

ValuableEstimable

Small

Testable

Keep your stories small enough to be measured and

tracked.

Keep your story descriptions short and concise.

Stories should be measured in days notweeks.

Asamoviegoer,Iwanttobeableto!ndandpurchasemovieticketsonline,sothatIhavesomethingtodotonight.

Asamoviegoer,Iwa

nttobeableto!nda

moviebytitle,

sothatIcanquicklylo

catethedetailsofam

ovieIam

interestedin.

INVEST in a

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Independent

Negotiable

ValuableEstimable

Small

Testable

To know when your story is done, it needs to be testable.

De!ne acceptance criteria that are clear and precise so

you know when you are done and have delivered value.

First de!ne your tests and then develop.

Allacronymsreplacedwithcompleteterminology

Improve readability

New screens appear within 2 seconds 95% of time

A user must never have to wait long for a screen to appear

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User focusedTry a format that

works for you

AsaIwantsothat

It is written in the !rst person.

Keeps the value in the "so that".

Do not skip the so that part, that is very important.

As value is not always clear, this format is hard for someteams.


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Feature InjectionTry a format that

works for you

Helps you see the big picture by putting the vision !rst.

Focuses on the user and the why.

Shows that features are necessary to realize the vision, not

the other way.

Dont focus on the wording. Whats important is to !nd a wayof keeping the business value in the conversation.

When talking about the capabilities, focus on the user.

InordertoAsaIwant


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Five WsTry a format that

works for you

The !rst person is in the who.

When and where help with context and scenario setting.

The value is in the why.

The what can drive to solutions too soon.

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Given, when, thenTry a format that

works for you

Probably the most common format that is used to break

down a story into acceptance criteria.

Can be used as scenarios to break down a larger story with

speci!cs.

Good for handling uncertain and unclear scenarios.

Can help with BDD (Business Driven Design) and automation.

Avoid stating the obvious and creating too many scenarios.

Givenwhenthen


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Lets see how someThoughtWorkers did it.

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How do we adapt

these patterns tosuit our needs?


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I once started a debate on how to write a User

Story. The most popular style by far is As a ,

I want in order to . I am not a big fan of this style because I

!nd most teams either write poor value statements

or dont write them at all. There is power in

understanding the value and agile teams aremissing this when the user stories are short

changed. I !nd its easier to write a user story when

we start with value: In order to ,

as a I want .A part of Feature

Injection, this puts more importance on the value

portion of the story. This means we talk about the

good stu"more and it even helps reduce scope

creep.

The problem I had with the debate was not the

answers though. The problem was when other

survey respondents said, I just do whatever I think

will work best. Argh!

Losing Mastery

Our best chance for success comes from knowinghow to use our tools. My problem with picking any

old style is its result: failing to spend time

mastering any style. We are constantly jumping to

the next big thing.

Unfortunately, the deck is stacked against us

because the rate of change is accelerating.

Technology and our professions are running at an

ever-faster pace. Fast enough that were losing

even the chance to focus.

No masters. Skills, entire professions, especially in

tech, now run a 100-year life cycle in a decade or

less. No one gains the wisdom of years. - John

McWade, The Vanishing Master

The nature of learning and mastery is the need to

take time and practice. You cannot get good at

something without making the e"ort to practice

over time, deliberately trying to get better. Forexample, I used to interview a lot of candidates

who often had a title like Senior Analyst or DBA

III. But these candidates had not learned enough

to perform the basics of their job, they just stayed

in the position long enough to be promoted.

Without practice, the years spent in the role had

not translated into growth or expertise, just time.

Time spent practicing, however, can lead to big

changes. Watch the beginning of the TED Talk by

Benjamin Zander. He starts with visual and auditory

demonstration of how practice leads to huge

impacts over the course of a few years.

Shu Ha Ri

Je"rey,Principal Consultant, BA

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